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in proportion to the \'igor of these shoots. The original 

 form of this shrub, when there are only a few sterile flowers, 

 is rather more beautiful but not quite so showy. 

 Pterostyrax {Pterostyrax hispida)^ Fig. 127.— One of the 



Fig. 127.— Pterostyrax {Pterostyrax hispida). 



most beautiful large flowering shrubs. It requires a deep, 

 rather light soil and a httle shelter. Should be more gen- 

 erally planted than it now is. 



Shrubby St. John's-wort {Hypericum aiireum). — One 

 of the most beautiful of the low flowering shrubs, the flowers 



